Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour